Automobile-robe.



ST. CLAIR EDE.

AUTOMOBILE ROBE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1915.

1,169,385, Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

WITED -%TATE% PATENT FFIE ST. CLAIR EDE, 0F DUBUQUE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO EDES ROBE TANNING 09., G15 DUBUQUE, IOW'A, A CORPORATION 03% IOWA.

AUTOMUBILE-ROBTI.

Application filed February 8, 1915.

1" 0 all zitmm it may concern:

33c it known that I, Sr. CLAir. Eon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, county of Dubuque, and State of T -rare invented certain new and uset improvements in Automobile-Robes, of which the following is a specification.

T he present invention relates to a robe more particularly intended and adapted for use by persons traveling in automobiles or similar vehicles for the purpose of protection against cold, etc.

The objects of the invention are to provide a robe of one piece construction which will act as a lap covering, and which will also contain at its lower end pockets of box formation for the reception of the feet of the user; to form these pockets of boX construction so as to make them commodious and render simple and easy the insertion or removal of the feet of the user; to arrange the robe so that it will as efficiently serve as a lap covering as does the ordinary robe; and to provide a robe which is cheap and simple of construction, and durable as respects wear.

The invention further consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear view of the robe of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 8 is a view showing the blank from which the robe is formed; and Fig. a is a section on line 4.--l of Fig. 1.

In the art to which the present invention relates, it is highly desirable that the robe should have a covering for the feet of the user, as well as for the lap. In the ordinary one piece robe, it is a matter of difhculty to wind or wrap the lower portion of the same about the feet of the user, and in instances where two or more persons are using the same robe, it is a matter of impossibility for all of them to completely wrap their feet. It is, therefore, highly desirable to employ pockets or other receptacles into which the feet may be inserted, giving thereby a protection for the feet without the wrapping of the robe. It, of course, Inaterially strengthens the robe to have it of one piece construction, and furthermore simplifies the manufacture of the sac .e; and a. pocket of box formation renders more easy the insertion and removal of the feet, since a pocket of this construction is of a more Specification of Letters E'atent.

front.

Patented J an. 25, 15 15.

Serial No. 6,885.

open and commodious nature than the ordinary pocket.

The gist of the present invention lies in so forming the blank from which the robe is made, as to permit of the formation of a series of boX pockets along the inner lower side thereof, and at the same time have the entire robe, including the pockets, of one piece construction, with the possible exception of whatever bindings may be placed around the edges of the pockets to reinforce the same.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Fig. 3, wherein is shown the blank from which the robe is formed, said blank consists of a body 4, a lower strip 5, with the body and strip connected together by a series of webs 6 spaced apart from one another as there. shown, and the body, strip and webs are all formed in one piece, enabling the production of a one piece robe. These webs have pointed or rounded ends 7 to expedite the formation of the pockets. In forming the completed robe, the end 5 is turned up ard until it lies parallel with the body 4, and the webs 6 are turned until they lie at right angles to the body 1 and strip 5, as will be seen from Fig. 4.. Then at points in alinement with the spaces 8 between the webs, the strip 5 is secured to the body 4 by lines of stitching 9, the webs thus forming the bottom of the pockets, the strip 5 the sides and rear, and the body l the The outer edges 10 of the strip 5 are folded around the outer edges of the outer webs 6, and the outer edges 11 of the body are also folded around the outer edges of the outer web 6, and the edges 11 and 10 are then sewed together, as will be seen from Fig. 2, to form the outer sides of the outer pockets.

The body l of the robe will serve as a lap covering in the old and well known manner, and the pockets 5 of the box construction will serve as a commodious and efficient receptacle for the feet of the user to give warmth and protection.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the robe is to all intents and purposes of one piece construction, rendering it strong and durable, as well as cheap and simple of manufacture.

In the construction shown, the robe is provided or formed with three pockets,

although the number is of course optional with the manufacturer, and the entire invention is susceptible of modification provided it is maintained within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a robe of the character described, the combination of a body portion, a lower strip, and a series of webs between the body portion and the lower strip, said webs being separated from one another, and extending in a direction crosswise of the body portion and strip, said webs serving in the completed robe as the bottoms of boX pockets, the lower strip serving as the sides and back of said pockets, and the body serving as the front of said pockets.

2. In a robe of the character described, the combination of a body portion, a lower strip, and a series of Webs joining the lower strip and body portion and integral therewith, said Webs being separated from one another and extending in a direction crosswise of the body portion and strip, and said webs serving, when the robe is formed, as the bottoms of box pockets, the lower strip serving as the sides and back of said pockets, the body serving as the front of said pockets, substantially as described.

ST. CLAIR EDE.

Witnesses:

C. A. KELLY, GEO. L. MoULD.

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' Washington, D. C. 

